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1. AN IN-LINE TRANSFER MACHINE COMPRISING A BASE HAVING LOADING AND UNLOADING POINTS AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, LONGITUDINAL GUIDES ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE BASE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LOADING AND UNLOADING POINTS, A DRIEN MAIN SHAFT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE BASE, A SERIES OF WORK-RECEIVING PLATENS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID GUIDES, MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR MOVING SAID PLATENS SUCCESSIVELY STEP-BY-STEP ALONG SAID GUIDS FROM THE LOADING POINT AT ONE END OF THE MACHINE TO THE UNLOADING POINT AT THE OPPOSITE END, SLIDES ADAPTED TO CARRY UNIT WORK HEADS LOCATED ON THE BASE ON EACH SIDE OF THE GUIDES AND MOVABLE TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE PLATENS, MEANS LOCATED WITHIN THE BASE AND ACTUATED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR EFFECTING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE SLIDES, CLAMPING MEANS LOCATED WITHIN THE BASE AND CONTROLLED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR POSITIVELY LOCATING AND CLAMPING THE PLATENS IN SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINALLY SPACED STATIONS ON THE GUIDES WHILE OPERATIONS ARE PERFORMED ON WORKPIECES MOUNTED ON THE PLATENS BY THE UNIT WORK-HEADS ON THE SLIDES, MEANS AT THE UNLOADING END OF THE MACHINE ACTUATED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR TRANSFERRING THE PLATENS SUCCESSIVELY FROM THE GUIDES TO A POSITION AT THE UNLOADING END CLEAR OF SAID GUIDES AFTER OPERATION ON RESPECTIVE WORK PIECES CARRIED BY SAID PLATENS HAVING BEEN COMPLETED, AND MEANS ACTUATED BY THE MAIN SHAFT FOR ENGAGING AND RETURNING SAID PLATENS FROM SAID POSITION TO SAID LOADING POINT. 